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Silat is the collective term for a class of martial arts from the Nusantara and surrounding geocultural areas of Southeast Asia. It is traditionally practised in Brunei , Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , Southern Thailand , Southern Philippines and Southern Vietnam . [ 1 ]
Although the word silat is widely known throughout much of Southeast Asia, the term pencak silat is used mainly in Indonesia. "Pencak silat" was chosen in 1948 as a unifying term for the Indonesian fighting styles. It was a compound of the two most commonly used words for martial arts in Indonesia.
This style is a hybrid martial arts, developed by combining the local silat with the Chinese-influenced kuntao. [2] The Mustika Kwitang Silat School was founded in 1945 by H. Muhammad Djaelani (Mad Djaelani), who previously studied the martial arts from his own family. [1] [3] [4]
Martial arts can be grouped by type or focus, or alternatively by regional origin. This article focuses on the latter grouping of these unique styles of martial arts. For Hybrid martial arts, as they originated from the late 19th century and especially after 1950, it may be impossible to identify unique or predominant regional origins. It is ...
Kickboxing (/ ˈ k ɪ k b ɒ k s ɪ ŋ / KIK-boks-ing) is a full-contact hybrid martial art and boxing type based on punching and kicking.Kickboxing originated in the 1950s to 1970s. The fight takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves, mouth guards, shorts, and bare feet to favor the use of kicks.
Cecep Arif Rahman (born 18 August 1972) is an actor, athlete, and martial artist from Indonesia. [1] Cecep is a martial arts practitioner from the Silat Panglipur school. [2] His career in pencak silat brought him to the Bercy Festival des Arts Martiaux in France from 2005 to 2008. [3] His early acting career began with the movie The Raid 2. [4]
As each system of pencak silat often incorporates a unique weapon of its own, so the specialty of Inti Ombak is the Agni tactical knife designed by Daniel Prasetya. [5] This knife is a hybrid between straight and curved knives. In designing the blade, Prasetya aimed for a profile optimized for use and application of Inti Ombak principles.
Pencak silat is a compound of the two most commonly used words for martial arts in Indonesia. Pencak was the term used in central and east Java, while silat was used in Sumatra and Borneo. In modern usage, pencak and silat are seen as being two aspects of the same practice. Pencak is the essence of training, the outward aspect of the art.